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Researchers Develop Interactive Web Tool to Estimate Solar, Wind Energy Output at Any Location

Researchers have created an interactive web tool to estimate the amount of energy that could be generated by wind or solar farms at any location.

7 Sep 2016

Progeco Launches Latest Combi Cycle Using CETY's Clean Cycle ORC Heat Recovery Steam Generator

Clean Energy Technologies, Inc., a clean tech company offering heat recovery solutions, announced that Progeco s.r.l. introduced its latest Combi Cycle using CETY's Clean Cycle™ ORC heat recovery steam generator at the mcTER Cogeneration Conference in Milan, Italy in June 2016.

31 Aug 2016

GE Teams up with MITEI to Help Transform Global Energy Systems

The MIT Energy Initiative announced today that GE will be joining MITEI as a Sustaining Member to fund advanced technology solutions to help transform global energy systems.

31 Aug 2016

University of Delaware’s Platform for Integrating V2G Technology Makes Large-Scale Renewable Energy More Practical

The University of Delaware’s platform for integrating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is now operating in Denmark, creating a new V2G hub outside the United States that is poised to expand widely with commercial products.

30 Aug 2016

Researchers Discover Robust, Effective System to Store Solar Energy for Further Use

Even when the sun isn't shining, solar energy can still be utilized if it is converted into hydrogen through a process known as water electrolysis. This process aims to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using the electric current generated from the solar panel.

26 Aug 2016

Scientists Use Light-Driven Bacterium to Generate Methane from Carbon Dioxide in One Enzymatic Step

By way of a light-driven bacterium, Utah State University biochemists are a step closer to cleanly converting harmful carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion into usable fuels.

25 Aug 2016

Researchers Help Reduce Gas Flaring and Venting from Oil Production

In 2015, several oil-producing nations and oil companies decided to end the practice of flaring natural gas from wells by 2030.

18 Aug 2016

Survey Reveals Common Plug-In Hybrid User Trends

Battery electric vehicles provide better energy efficiency, less pollution and greenhouse gas emissions over vehicles powered by fossil fuels. Plug-in hybrid vehicles are in a mid-position - they are capable of extended driving in electric mode with electricity generated from the grid or the use of fossil fuel in an inner combustion engine.

17 Aug 2016

Researchers Use E.coli to Engineer Improved Biofuels

Although E. coli bacteria is most of the times considered as a bad bug, laboratory-adapted E. coli that do not harm human beings, at the same time can multiply fast, have been commonly used for various research purposes.

11 Aug 2016

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Unveils Latest Investment in New Solar Power Facility

With the dual goals of cutting carbon emissions and reducing operational costs, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California unveiled its latest investment in solar power today.

10 Aug 2016